If you are not sure what a profile is, refer to this article.

There are a number of options can be be used with the manageprofiles.sh (Linux) or manageprofiles.bat (Windows) script.

• Backup a profile (-backupProfile)
• Create a new profile (-create)
• Delete a profile (-delete)
• Determine if a profile is valid in the registry (-validateRegistry) (this article)
• Determine if a profile is valid in the registry and updae (-validateAndUpdateRegistry)
• List profiles (-listProfiles)
• List default profile (-getDefaultName)
• List profile path (-getPath)
• Restore a profile (-restoreProfile)

The manageprofiles.sh (Linux) or manageprofiles.bat (Windows) command with the -validateRegistry option can be used to determine if the profiles are valid in the registry.

${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/manageprofiles.sh -validateRegistry

If all of the profiles are valid in the registry, the following should be displayed.

All of the profiles in the registry are valid.